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A GHOST IN THE THROAT by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

June 5, 2021

ENCHANTED BY A POEM, an Irish poet devotes years to researching the life of its 18th century author, despite all the ways she was erased by history. Gorgeous, moving book combines the writer’s own life with that of her long-ago muse. A MINUS

A GHOST IN THE THROAT
Biblioasis
2021

Grade: A MINUS

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PUNCH ME UP TO THE GODS by Brian Broome

June 3, 2021

DEVASTATINGLY HONEST, SEARING memoir traces how a Black poet’s life was shaped by racism, homophobia, heartbreak, loneliness, but above all by the impossible demands US society creates around Black masculinity. B PLUS

PUNCH ME UP TO THE GODS
Mariner Books
2021

Grade: B PLUS

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